FOOD SUPPLY IN WAR
BRITISH; DEPARTMENTS' : ACCOUNTS SMALL percentage of PROFIT SHOWN ; 'By Xol«graph-Pr«iß A«BOointlon.-Copyr!itW London, December 18. The 'Treasury has issued a White Paper dealing with the accounts of the Government. Departntfnts and .services assisting the» food suinily' and promoting the continuance of 'ilracle' during the war. The Ministry of Food.'from its inception to March 31, 1920,'7shows an estimated net profit of. .C 912,312. 1!lie. original. instruction: iras' : that: the., Ministry should be self-supporting wiilhout. making a. profit.. This. .instruction had' been very faithfully followed. ] .The net on a.turnover approaching .1000 millions was loss than one-tenth of 1 per cont.. The purchases of frozen meat to March 31, 1919. amounted to over 19" millions, on which the,.profrl.made was 4.45 per cent. Purchases of Australian zinc concentrates, to,J[drch 31. 1919, were valued lit -fi1,485;1£)8. The Wheat Commission expended. in. three years, to August 31, 1919, on' purchases, freight,. and : charges .0514.774,574. The net Jos 1 ? on trading account was .£87,219,24G, Vhich represented, approximately the eos ; ! of. selling the loaf at hinepehce.—Aus.-N.,Z. Cablo.Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 72, 18 December 1920, Page 11
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172FOOD SUPPLY IN WAR Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 72, 18 December 1920, Page 11
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